"Q. Does the Constitution give people any rightto proceed or be proceeded against, in the firstinstance, in an inferior federal constitutional court rather than a federal legislative court?

"A. As to criminal defendants charged withoffenses committed in one of the states, surely.As to others, it's hard to say. The answermay well vary for civil plaintiffs andcivil defendants. And it must vary, must it not,according to the nature of the right in questionand the availability and scope of review in a constitutional court."